The Race For Life - Poems by Bryony Carr and others
I was born in Canterbury, Kent in 1978. I grew up and was educated in Bristol, where I still live. I graduated from the University of the West of England in 2003 in Biomedical Sciences. After suffering from an undetected illness I was diagnosed with a childhood brain tumour at the age of 17 and have had surgery followed by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and an autologous stem-cell transplant.
Since then an important part of my life has been involved in helping charities that either support cancer research or assist other cancer sufferers. All the help and support that I have received over the last ten years has been crucial, I cannot thank people enough. Meeting more fellow survivors through the Youth Cancer Trust has been amazing. We all have this special bond between us and we will be great friends forever.
Bryony Carr
The Race For Life
When times are hard
Try to remember
Things always seem
Worse than they are.
ONce upon a time
I used to believe
Life would be quite simple
Now I know different.
There will always be
A person to judge
A starting line
Someone to beat
A hurdle to cross
A way to run
A race to win
An event to finish
This race I call life.
Bryony Carr 1996
The Youth Cancer Trust would like to thank Bryony for kindly donating the proceeds from the sale of her book to the charity to help other young cancer sufferers.
If you would like to order one of Bryony's books, please send a cheque for £9.95 made payable to The Youth Cancer Trust to:
Georgina Hillman, The Youth Cancer Trust, Tracy Ann House, 5 Studland Road, Alum Chine, Bournemouth, BH4 8HZ
Don't forget to send your name and address.
